Not Guilty Murder Verdict for Phillip Bowen
Phillip Bowen a negro was found not guilty of murder by a Fifteenth district court jury after testimony showed Bowen shot Burl Anderson anoth er negro who chased him with a knife Bowen said Anderson threatened to cut off his head and declared his brother killed a man Bowen shot Anderson once in the left breast as he approached with the knife Bowen and his wife testified and Bowen surrendered to deputy sheriff J C Ayres after the shooting The court instructed a verdict of not guilty and the jury returned it shortly before 10 o clock
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Sherman
Phillip Bowen
Fifteenth District Court
Bowen
Burl Anderson
Whitewright
Anderson
J. C. Ayres
The Observer's Column Auction Tale of a Singer Sewing Machine
The column recalls an auction where a Singer sewing machine, claimed to be the first model from Singer, reflects fifty years in a home. The narrator laments potential disposal to an attic as buyers move toward the auction block, celebrating craftsmanship and memories.
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Singer Company
Autioneer
Dr King’s New Discovery for Night Cough Ends Sleepless Coughing
A simple nightly treatment claims to stop night coughing quickly. Take one teaspoon before bed and hold in the throat 15 to 20 seconds, then swallow without water. The formula soothes irritation and loosens phlegm, with no narcotics, touted for coughs, chest colds, hoarseness, bronchitis, and children’s spasmodic croup. On sale at druggists.
Radio Talk Hums Through a Living Room Scene
In a quiet evening setting a mother and friend couple gather with headgear and earphones as WEAF is sought on the wave. The husband jokes about tuning while a wife acknowledges distant University of Missouri signals and the WBAP and WFAA stations cutting into their quiet listening.
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WEAF
University of Missouri
WBAP
WFAA
Virgil Moss Acquitted in Father-in-Law Murder Case
Sherman January 30 Virgil Moss a negro man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his father in law Harve Adams a negro farmer near Ida July 11 1923 was found not guilty by the jury after fifteen minutes of deliberation Moss testified he acted in self defense and threats to his life from Adams were alleged
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Sherman
Virgil Moss
Harve Adams
Near Ida
Moss
Sherman City Taxes Paid in Sherman to Date
Sherman reports $275,832.31 in city taxes paid up to last midnight, within 3 percent of the total due of $283,946. The rolls show the outstanding balance and indicate steady progress in tax collection.
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Sherman
Helps Those Hard Coughs Flue remedy ad from 1900s
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective against hard coughs pleurisy and pneumonia risk. It claims benefits for bronchial coughs tightness in chest and troublesome night coughs and urges early use to prevent complications.
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Advt
Nine Regents Offered Yet None Accept
Austin Feb. 1 Governor Miriam A Ferguson must pick four more State University regents for Senate confirmation. Nine regents were offered this month with three declining already and two others unable to serve. Rumors persist Stark may be renominated, triggering a potential Senate fight requiring a two thirds vote to confirm. If blocked, Ferguson could nominate another figure.
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T. S. Henderson
Cameron
John Sealey
Galveston
M. M. Crane
Dallas
Neff
Tucker Royall
Palestine
H. J. Luthher Stark
Orange
Fergusons
Stark
Senate
Ferguson
Senator Opposes Ex-Students Running University Nominees
A senator stated opposition to ex-students attempting to govern the university and pledged to oppose their nominees on the floor. He cited concerns over governance and oversight. The remark signals a partisan clash over leadership selection at the university.
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Today
Church Membership Figures From 1924 Year Book
The 1924 25 Year Book of the Churches reports Protestant total membership at 48 224 014 for 1923 and Roman Catholic 18 260 793. Methodists top Protestant groups with 8 433 268 members, Baptists follow at 8 189 448. church contributions rise to 547 560 562, up 29 242 948.
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Year Book of the Churches
E. O. Watson
Washington
Federal Council of Churches
Baptists
50 000 Acres New Sod Being Broken Near Lubbock
Lubbock February 1 snow and slow rain have begun breaking farm lands across the South Plains. Fifty thousand acres of new lands are already in cultivation. Raw ranch land 50 miles from a railroad sells for 25 to 35 dollars per acre, once cheaper in earlier decades. New towns post offices schools and highways spread west into Hockley and Cochran Counties as agriculture progresses. School enrollment grows from six to forty and could reach sixty before summer. For 1923 cotton yield targets total 150000 bales.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Hockley
Cochran
Market expands as crop yields rise in South Plians
Counties in the South Plians marketed nearly 300000 bales in 1924, valued around 350 million dollars, a tenfold increase from two decades earlier. The growth spans beef cattle, wool, poultry, produce and other commodities from the region.
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South Plians
Sold Piece by Piece Flivver Becomes Cash Collectible
A East Providence man tried to sell his used car for 100 dollars but got only 60 from a dealer. He began trading the car piece by piece, selling tires and windows and parts for cash. Now he has raised 130 dollars and still has a car, joking about calling the street cleaning department or the undertaker to remove the final remains.
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East Providence
You can get The Sun and Dallas Semi-Weekly News both for two twenty five
Advertisement notes a combined subscription offer allowing readers to obtain The Sun newspaper and the Dallas Semi-Weekly News for a total price of 2.25 dollars. The offer emphasizes cost savings for subscribing to both papers together.
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The
Sun
Dallas
To Cure a Cold in One Day With Laxative Bromo Quinine
An ad claiming a single day cure for colds features Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It asserts relief from cough and headache and the cold, with E W Grove’s signature on each box.
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E.W. Grove
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